So basically the top of the blades are almost (+7mm) flush with the edge of the intake. Wow one of these engines is not like the other can anyone tell which one? If this were my company, I would be looking at this very closely to see what can be done to improve this situation. We can argue all day about what is wrong and in the end it will take a little bit of investigative analysis and some experimenting to determine the cause for the issue and a resolution. With so much animosity, the last thing I would be doing is hiding from it.
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jacojet
I will measure when I get my hands on one that is stripped, I have checked one that belongs to a friend (who BTW is not using it for fear of it failing) and what I can say is that the top of the compressor is about 55 mm and the bottom about 74-75 mm, the throat is about 7 mm deep, measured from the edge to the top of the compressor blades. Maybe we will use this one as a experiment to see if the modified intake will work. Just need to convince my friend!